<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/contested_logistics_built_for_efficiency_tested_by_war.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>Contested Logistics: Built for Efficiency, Tested by War</title><description>In March 2023, the Marine Corps rewrote its logistics doctrine for the first time in 26 years. Marines must ship and fight at the same time, whether on land, sea, air, space, or cyber. No staging time. No safe ports. The fight has changed. Has the supply chain changed with it?</description><pubDate>05/11/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/images/brian_scmrc_11_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="Camouflage background with a text overlay titled 'Contested Logistics: Built for Efficiency, Tested by War.' A grid below includes 'Efficient,' 'Responsive,' 'Risk-Hedging,' and 'Agile' with 'Agile' highlighted in gold. Caption reads, 'Agile is where contested logistics lives.'"/></image><author>Brian Fugate</author><tags><tag>clc</tag><tag>scmrpost</tag></tags></item>